Proverbs 18:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Useth entreaties; humbly begs the favour of rich men, as his necessities and occasions require it. Answereth roughly; speaketh proudly and scornfully, either to the poor, or to others that converse with him, being puffed up with a conceit of his riches, and of his self-sufficiency.

Proverbs 18:23

23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.